Lady&#39;s undergarment.



L. MAYER.

I LADY'S UNDERGARMENT. APPLIOATION FILED 930.30, 1913.

Patented Aug. H, 1914 emen era'rne rawnr rio,

LAURANCE MAYER, O-F NEW YORK, N. Y., A SSIGNOR TO JU'LIUS KAYSER &7CO.,'OF

NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

LADY7S UNDERGARMENT.

mo estia.

Speefication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. Jill, 191%..

Application filed December 30, 1913. Serial Noi &09,486.

a citizen of the United States, and a resident ot' the borough ot'Manhattan, city, county and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Ladies Un (lereni-mente, of which the following'isa specification. i

The purpose of this invention is to provide close-fitting andeomfortable underarments or drawersfor ladies* wear and to this end thegarment is made in the general form of a bag closed at the bottom, withleg openings at the opposite vertical edges and having' an open top adaited 'to eneircle the 'aist of the weare T e open to will be equppedwith an e hetic elosure o suitable Construction, or with draw-strings,tapes or similar levi'eS,',\vl1er'eby the garment may be supported from'thenvaist of the wearer and yet easily and quickly lowered or removedwhenever desred. i

leferring to the drawings, Fi'gnre 1 illustrates an elevation of agarment embodying the invention viewed from the front; Fig. 2illust'ates the same garment viewed from the front and showing' theposition it as sumes upon the body of the wearer when in the garment. Itis made of such fabrie as desired and in the general form of a baghaving a closed bottom, as at 2, and an open top, as at 3. About theopening 3 suitable elastie material as at 4, may be inelosed in a hem orotherwise attaehed or draw-strings may be employed in a manuer wellknown.

The bag-like body part is preferably enla'ged sonewhat at'abont themiddle ot' its height, and extending thenee to the bottom, as Shown at5, Leg openings (i, one at sach side, are provided, which willpreferabty be finished with Some suitable oriainenting material, asluce, rullles, or the like, as shown at 7, 7.

In applyinz the garment, the wearer thrusts her legs through the opentop 3, passing" one log through one of the lateral log openings and theother leg through the other leg opening, and as the garment is d'awnupwardl and fastened about the waist, or allow to so festen itself, ifautomatic elastie material is provided at the open top, the rotundity ofthe abdomen in front and the rearward projection of the seat of thewearer behind, plus the inward movement of the lower parts of the legopenings, cause the central part of the bottom of the bag-like., bodypart to move upwardly, gathering the material at the crotch, as shown inFig. 2. y

A' number of advantages are Secured by duced. All buttons or equivalentfasteners are eliminated. The garment automatically the Constructiondescribed. The cost'is readjusts itself'to the body fornation of thewearer without any drawing or straining, hence comfort is Secured to amarked degree and all parts of the pelvc region of the we'arer arecover-ed by the eontinuous baglike garment thus seeuring warmth andgenerally hygienic conditions. 'The garment has a clinging fit,admirably adapted for wear with ladies outer garments now in Vogue. Italso combines the appear-:mee of a pettcoat with the eonfort andadaptability of a kniekerbocker and fits snngly about the leg above the,knee without the use of any elastie or equivalent device, to bind thewearer.

The details of COIlStPtlCtlOH may obviously be changed withoutdeparting'f'om the essentials of the invention.

1. An nndergarment comprising a 'baglike body part having permaneutlyclosed front and rear portion and a eontinuous closed bottom, asubstantially vertical contnuous log opening at each side near thebottom -and au open top .provided with means whereby the garment may besupported from the waist of the wearer.

2. An underrarment comprising a baglike do v'rwardly enlarging body parthaving a 'pern'anently closed front and rear por tion and a eontinuonsclosed bottom. a sul)- stantially vertical continuons log opening ateach side. of the body part extending from the bottom thereof upwardlyand means whereby the garment may be supported from its upper edge. i

In testimony whereof I'have signed my name. to this speeifieation in thepresence of two snbscrbing witnesses.

LAURANCE MAYER.

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